Interviewer instructions
The enumerator should discuss with and person who is enumerating about his or her employee and establishment which he or she works for and corresponding code will be selected based on the labor contract and responsibility.
If any person had more than one economic activity - wage employment or self-employment - during the reference period then the secondary occupation was one which the respondent accepts as the most important based on time spent on and income earned from different activities and other considerations like social and legal status among all occupations of the person excluding the primary occupation.
Chapter 1a. Employee-1
An employee is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates or payment in kind. Following officers will be defined as an employer:
1. All people who works at public administration and budgetary establishments
The high ranking officials such as minister, governors will not be defined as employee even they are selected or appointed and have right to hire and fire employee, because they work at governmental agency which has been supported by the state budget.
2. Paid employee. It refers to person who works at private company, cooperative, limited company./member of cooperatives and owner of those enterprises will not be included in it/ and person who works at industries at state ownership.
3. Officer of Non-Governmental Organizations.
-People who works at public organizations such as a trade union, political parties
-People who works at religious organizations
-People who works at charity and humanity organizations.
-others
b. Employer-2
A person who operates an enterprise or a person who operates an enterprise in partnership with others, or engages independently in a profession or trade, with the aid of one or more employees is considered as an employer
c. Self employed -3
A person who operates an enterprise or a person who operates an enterprise in partnership with others, without the aid of an employee is considered as an own account worker. However the person may get the assistance of unpaid family workers.
d. Cooperative members-4
Cooperative members are persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business>. A cooperative may also be defined as a business owned by the people who use its services. They are based on the values of self-help <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help>, self-responsibility <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will>, equality <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism>, equity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity>.
e. Unpaid family worker -5
A person who works in an enterprise operated by a member of his household or by a group of persons including at least one member of his household, without a payment in cash or in kind.
Following people will be included in this group
-Members other than head of household who engaged in household business.
-Person who participate household business but not household member.
f. Others-6
If person works at some other place which cannot be classified by “a” to e”, then it will be included in this group. Self employed person who is engaged in trade or other service work such as shoe repairing will not be included in this group.